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Object Number
985-27-10/59055.1
Display Title
Leather bag filled w/ fetishes and bundles. 14 pieces (fetishes) are stone of
Descriptions
Object Description
Leather bag filled w/ fetishes and bundles. 14 pieces (fetishes) are stone of various types. One looks like a person. Most of them are smooth. 19 pieces of shell of different types. 1 leather bundle and 2 cloth bundles (contents unknown, probably plants material). 30x15 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, leather, fringed, punctate linear rows, patched, sewn w/ rawhide, w/ strap
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- San Ildefonso
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
/
Santa Fe County
/
San Ildefonso Pueblo
/
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
Materials
Leather, Buckskin, Cornmeal, Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 38 x 16 x 1.5 cm (14 15/16 x 6 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59055.1 & 24462
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
Collector
Andrew Dasburg
(1925)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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